Problems with MP4 files

I'm using adobe Premeire Pro CS3 and every time i import an MP4 file, the clip is recuced from 4 minutes to 13 seconds and a massive amount of frames are being lost. I've searched the forum for an answer to this but so far no success. Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what I should do here?
Thanks

Read Bill Hunt on a file type as WRAPPER http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037?tstart=0
What is a CODEC... a Primer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/546811?tstart=0
What CODEC is INSIDE that file? http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037?tstart=0
Post what is inside your mp4 wrapper
For PC http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ or http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

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Overall bit rate
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gsst
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gssd
: BADC21C45HH1368304023137487
gshh
: r18---sn-ntq76n7s.c.youtube.com
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ID
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Format
: AVC
Format/Info
: Advanced Video Codec
Format profile
: [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC
: No
Format settings, ReFrames
: 1 frame
Codec ID
: avc1
Codec ID/Info
: Advanced Video Coding
Duration
: 57mn 12s
Bit rate
: 530 Kbps
Maximum bit rate
: 2 652 Kbps
Width
: 640 pixels
Height
: 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio
: 16:9
Frame rate mode
: Constant
Frame rate
: 25.000 fps
Color space
: YUV
Chroma subsampling
: 4:2:0
Bit depth
: 8 bits
Scan type
: Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)
: 0.092
Stream size
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Tagged date
: UTC 2012-10-08 02:42:31
Audio
ID
: 2
Format
: AAC
Format/Info
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Format profile
: LC
Codec ID
: 40
Duration
: 57mn 12s
Bit rate mode
: Variable
Bit rate
: 96.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate
: 104 Kbps
Channel(s)
: 2 channels
Channel positions
: Front: L R
Sampling rate
: 44.1 KHz
Compression mode
: Lossy
Stream size
: 39.3 MiB (15%)
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: UTC 2012-10-08 02:42:30
Tagged date
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A file that doesn't import:
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: Flash Video
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: 269 MiB
Duration
: 56mn 55s
Overall bit rate mode
: Variable
Overall bit rate
: 661 Kbps
liveXML
: <?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
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: AVC
Format/Info
: Advanced Video Codec
Format profile
: [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC
: Yes
Format settings, ReFrames
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Codec ID
: 7
Duration
: 56mn 55s
Bit rate mode
: Variable
Maximum bit rate
: 555 Kbps
Width
: 640 pixels
Height
: 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio
: 16:9
Frame rate mode
: Constant
Frame rate
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Standard
: Component
Color space
: YUV
Chroma subsampling
: 4:2:0
Bit depth
: 8 bits
Scan type
: Progressive
Audio
Format
: AAC
Format/Info
: Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile
: LC
Codec ID
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Duration
: 56mn 55s
Channel(s)
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Channel positions
: Front: L R
Sampling rate
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Compression mode
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Just what is the problem here? Why will the first type of file import OK, but the second not, and what can be done about that (do I need to load an extra codec, and if so what)? The odd thing is that using a program like DVDStyler, I can load those files and actually build a DVD. And yes, I know that's an entirely different program, but it just seems odd to me that an open-source program seems to do something Encore can't (and I'd much rather use Encore to build DVDs). No doubt this is something obvious but I'm a novice with Encore and Premiere, so I'm missing it anyway.

Codec packs, even the "better" ones, do not typically provide codecs that Premiere and Encore can use.
The "problem" file is a flash format (whether it is an mp4 container or not).
"Consumer" type DVD authoring/burning applications, and even more so, all in one apps like windows movie maker etc, may be more "powerful" when you are trying to take a large range of formats and create a DVD with relatively few options. This is not Encore's strength.
Encore will reject almost anything that has flaws it isn't able to handle, but more importantly (once you get to this step), it will treat as noncompliant (and re-transcode) anything that is not DVD compliant.
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I would first try to bring one of the problem files into Adobe Media Encore, and see if you can export an MPEG2-DVD file.
Not that, while there are some less known DVD resolutions, I assume you are going to end up with 720x576 PAL. I wonder what the quality will look like....
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